All-dielectric multilayer cylindrical structures for invisibility cloaking

Ali Mirzaei; Andrey E Miroshnichenko; Ilya V Shadrivov; Yuri S Kivshar

doi:10.1038/srep09574

All-dielectric multilayer cylindrical structures for invisibility cloaking

Sci Rep. 2015 Apr 10:5:9574. doi: 10.1038/srep09574.

Authors

Ali Mirzaei¹, Andrey E Miroshnichenko¹, Ilya V Shadrivov¹, Yuri S Kivshar¹

Affiliation

¹ Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, 59 Mills Rd, Acton, ACT, 2601, Australia.

Abstract

We study optical response of all-dielectric multilayer structures and demonstrate that the total scattering of such structures can be suppressed leading to optimal invisibility cloaking. We use experimental material data and a genetic algorithm to reduce the total scattering by adjusting the material and thickness of various layers for several types of dielectric cores at telecommunication wavelengths. Our approach demonstrates 80-fold suppression of the total scattering cross-section by employing just a few dielectric layers.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't